All Screen articles in 13 November 2009

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    The Perfect Assassin

    2009-11-11T11:17:00Z

    This drama, set during Spain’s 1936-39 Civil War, focuses on Republican and Nationalist hit squads banding together to kill politician Don Rojo.

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    Blackthorn

    2009-11-11T11:24:00Z

    James Blackthorn (alias Butch Cassidy) raises horses in Bolivia, but is dying and wants to return to the US. Along the way he crosses paths with a young Spanish mining engineer accused of robbing a mine, and the two slowly strike up a friendship. 

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    Balada Triste De Trompeta

    2009-11-11T11:26:00Z

    The film centres on two clowns in love with the same trapeze artist at a Spanish circus.

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    Knight & Day

    2009-11-11T11:29:00Z

    Action-comedy about a fugitive couple on a glamorous and sometimes deadly adventure across the globe, with their survival hinging on the battle of Truth vs. Trust.

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    Dakota

    2009-11-11T11:30:00Z

    Spaniard Joan Fuster lives in New York and has an accident, after which he can then suddenly foresee events, including a mass murder and his wife having an affair. This surreal comedy mixes dream sequences and reality.

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    Di Di Hollywood

    2009-11-11T11:32:00Z

    The second film of a trilogy about women trying to improve their lowly existence.

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    Verbo

    2009-11-11T11:34:00Z

    A dark thriller exploring the difficult life of a troubled teen.

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    Paper Birds

    2009-11-11T11:35:00Z

    A film that narrates the adventures of a group of dirt-poor Spanish vaudeville performers in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War.

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    Heroes

    2009-11-11T11:37:00Z

    Tells the story of a busy executive who looks back on his childhood in the 1980s when his life was full of love and adventure.

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    Betsy And The Emperor

    2009-11-11T11:39:00Z

    Tells the story of the last few years in Napoleon’s life on the island of Saint Helena where he had a relationship with a 14 year old British girl.

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    There Be Dragons

    2009-11-11T11:39:00Z

    A journalist investigates Jose Maria Escriva de Balaguer, controversial founder of Opus Dei, but discovers his own estranged father’s disturbing connection to the man.

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    Hitman

    2009-11-11T11:41:00Z

    A terminally ill assassin is sent on a mission to kill a Colombian drugs smuggler living in Mumbai, India.

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    Bruc

    2009-11-11T11:42:00Z

    A Catalan drummer boy retreats to the high sierra to escape Napoleon’s army, but then manages to almost singlehandedly defeat them.

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    Bunker

    2009-11-11T11:47:00Z

    A Spanish musician is commissioned to direct the Bogota Opera House, but when he brings over his girlfriend to Bogota, she disappears.

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    Animals

    2009-11-11T11:48:00Z

    A coming of age fantasy tale in the vein of Donnie Darko.

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    Midday Sun

    2009-11-11T11:50:00Z

    Midday Sun is a thriller about an English couple, Dan and Sarah, who move to Spain, but their son is murdered soon after they arrive and a local boy is charged and released, but then dies suspiciously in a hit and run for which Dan is wrongly blamed.

  • Mike Goodridge, editor Screen International
    Comment

    Rise of the new power hubs

    2009-11-12T10:42:00Z

    As Hollywood studios begin to crumble, a new breed of media company that is rooted in its local market but has an eye for the smart international deals is rising.

  • Yash Raj Films’ Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
    Features

    Off rollercoaster but still reeling

    2009-11-12T11:55:00Z

    Striking producers, swine flu and the recession have taken their toll on the Hindi film industry this year. Does 2010 look any better?

  • Michael Jackson's This Is It
    Features

    Weekly international box office – November 13

    2009-11-12T12:11:00Z

    Screen brings you the weekly international box-office news.

  • Machete.
    Features

    Pragmatism and optimism at AFM

    2009-11-12T14:10:00Z

    It has been a gruelling year for the independent sector but last week’s American Film Market delivered a much-needed jolt of energy to the industry, with buyers quick to snap up top-end product. Jeremy Kay takes the temperature in Santa Monica